CHAPTER 9: SELF-ASSESSMENT PARKINSON’S DISEASE DISABILITY SCALE (SPDDS) Description The Self-Assessment Parkinson’s Disease Disability Scale (SPDDS) by Brown, MacCarthy, Jahanashi, and Marsden (1989) is a Parkinson’s disease (PD) specific questionnaire…
CHAPTER 8: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF SELF-CARE SKILLS (PASS) Description The Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (PASS) is an outcome measure designed to document change in functional status through the observation…
CHAPTER 7: MELBOURNE LOW-VISION ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING INDEX (MLVAI) Description The Melbourne Low-Vision Activities of Daily Living Index (MLVAI), developed by Haymes, Johnston, and Heyes (2001b), is an assessment…
CHAPTER 3: AUSTRALIAN THERAPY OUTCOME MEASURES (AUSTOMS)—THIRD EDITION Description The Australian Therapy Outcome Measures (AusTOMs), created by Perry et al. (2004), is a performance-based scale designed for therapy departments that…
CHAPTER 6: LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (IADL) SCALE Description The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale is an 8-item questionnaire administered either by proxy, through interview,…
CHAPTER 4: THE FRENCHAY ACTIVITIES INDEX (FAI) Description Developed by Holbrook and Skilbeck, (1983), the Frenchay Activities Index (FAI) is a questionnaire that is used to measure instrumental activities of…
CHAPTER 1: ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADL) PROFILE Description The ADL Profile is both a performance-based assessment and questionnaire that is administered through a semi-structured interview and is designed to…
CHAPTER 5: INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (IADL) PROFILE Description The Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Profile is a performance-based measure designed for those with traumatic brain injury (TBI)…
CHAPTER 2: ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING QUESTIONNAIRE (ADLQ) Description The Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADLQ) is an informant-based assessment that measures an individual’s functional ability and is designed for…
CHAPTER EIGHT Scientific Methodology What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience? This implies a new question, which may be of more difficult solutions and explication. —David Hume (1748/1974)…
